POST: Powerpoint Pandemic

All across the world students are nodding off in lecture
halls, executives are yawning in boardrooms, military
personnel are being anesthetized at briefings, and
committees are being put to sleep in government offices by
infected carriers that are unaware of their condition.

Most of us have been exposed many times and have woken up
afterwards wondering where we were and what happened. Some
of us may even be already infected! The PPA (Power Point
Anonymous) gives us a list of 12 character symptoms to watch
out for:

They say nothing until something comes up on the screen.

They spend all their time talking with their backs to the
audience.

They speak in a monotone voice with no breaks and no rhythm.

They have no eye contact with the audience.

They have body language says �I don�t want to be here.�

They fidget with a pointer or clicker while fumbling through
slides.

They fill slides with too many bullet points.

They use too many charts and graphs.

They use too many clip-art clich�s.

They try to communicate too much too fast causing info-overload.

They have little patience with questions and explanations.

They believe that detailed, visual data will somehow be
absorbed into the brains of their audience.
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Click below to read the rest of Tim Newlin's article, then
be sure to pass the link on to your network of colleagues!
http://teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/tim-newlin/powerpoint-pandemic

Powerpoint Pandemic